OVER THE WIRELESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 May 1940, Page 2

OVER THE WIRELESS

TONIGHT’S PROGRAMMES. 2YA Wellington. 570 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 6.55: Dominion and district weather reports. : 7.0: News. 7.28: Time signals. 8.0: The Shaftesbury Theatre Orchestra (con- 1 ducted by Billy Mayer]), “Crazy Days” Selection (Eyton-Carter). 8.10: The Master Singers, “My Heart Stood Still” (Rogers); “Back to Back” (Berlin). 8.20: Ronald Chesney (harmonica solo with orchestral accompaniment, “Harmonica Harmonies” (Various). 8.26: Cyril Fletcher (The “Retained” Entertainer), in a humorous sketch, “Dreamin’ Thee” (Longstaffe, Wallace); “Theophilus and his Operation,” “The Fan” (Fletcher). 8.32: Sol Hoopii and his Novelty Five, “Aloha Oe Blues” (Noble, Lukens); “Twilight Blues” (Hoopii). j 8.38: Alfred Piccaver (tenor), “There’s Danger in the Waltz” (Kennedy, Carr), (from George Black’s Show Shop of 1930, “The Little Dog Laughed”), “Yours For a Song” (Rose, Suesse). 8.44: Henry Croudson (organ), “The Vagabond King” Seelction (Friml). 8.47: Light Opera Company, Vocal Gems from “Leave It to Jane” (Jerome Kern). 8.51: New Mayfair Orchestra, “Jolly Miller.” 9.20: Weather reports and station notices. 9.25: “Memories of the Savoy.” Songs by Gilbert and Sullivan. 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme. 2YC, Wellington. 840 k.c. 5.0-6.0: Light music. 7.0: After-dinner music. 8.0: Chamber music hour. 9.0: Radio City Revels. 10.0: Light recitals by Eddie Dunstedter, playing the Hammond Electric Organ, Christina Marinstany (soprano) and Harry Horlick and his Orchestra. 10.30: Close down. 2YD, Wellington. 990 k.c. 7.0: Premiere. 7.35: The Crimson Trail. 7.4 G: Ensemble. 8.7: “Thrills.” 8.20: 2YD Singers. 8.40: “Dad and Dave.” 8.52: “Console-ation: The Organist’s Point of View.” 9.5: A Soldier of Fortune. 9.30: Youth must have its swing. 10.0: Close down. IYA, Auckland. 650 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 5.45 (approx.): Dinner music. 6.55: Dominion and district weather report. 7.0: News. 7.30: Winter course talk: “The Land We Live In” (1). 8.0: Concert programme. 8.15: “Wandering With the West Wind.” 8.45: “The Fourth Form at St. Percy’s.” 9.20: Weather reports and station notices. 9.25: The American Legion Band of Hollywood, “National Emblem March” (Bagley); “The Caissons Go Rolling Along” (Gruber). 9.31: “Dad and Dave from Snake Gully.” 9.44: Band of H.M. Coldstream Guards, “Dorothy” Selection (Cellier). 9.52: John Turner (tenor), “In an Old-fash-ioned Town” (Squire). 9.55: The Westminster Band, “The Yeoman of England” (German); “Good Luck and the Same to I You” (Alford). 10.0: Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra, with vocal interludes by Bing Crosby. 11.0: Close of normal programme. 3YA, Christchurch. 720 k.c. 5.0: Children’s session. 6.0: Dinner music. 6.55: Weather reports. 7.0: News. 7.35: Agricultural talk. 8.0: “The Adventures of Marco Polo.’’ 8.15: “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.” 8,29: “Coronets of England: The Life of Henry VIII.” 9.29: Weather reports and station notices. 9.25: Dance music. 11.0: Close of normal programme. 4YA, Dunedin. 790 k.c. 5.0: Children's session. 6.0: Dinner music. 6.55: Dominion and district weather reports. 7.0: News. . 7.30: Gardening talk. 8.0: Concert by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. 8.18: Charles Rousseliere (tenor), “May” (Hahn); “Thoughts of Autumn” (Massenet); “Consolation” (Beethoven). 8.28: Leon Goossens with the Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Goossens, “Concerto Grosso in B Flat Major” (Handel). 8.36: Militza Korjus (soprano). “The Maidens of Cadiz” (Delibes); “Bell Song” (Delibes); “Serenade” (Moszkowski). 8.47: The Orchestra, conducted by Sir Landon Ronald, “Chopiniana.” 9.29: Weather report and station notices. 9.25: The London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 63 (Sibelius). 10.0: Music, mirth and melody. 11.0: Close of normal programme. Empire Broadcasts. The National Broadcasting Service will rebroadcast Daventry news or use recordings of Daventry news at the following New Zealand times: 6.0 a.m.; 7.0 a.m.; 9.15 a.m.; 12 noon; 5.45 p.m.: 9.0 p.m.; 11.0 p.m. On Sundays the noon transmission will be recorded from Daventry and rebroadcast at 1.10 p.m. Transmission 1 from Daventry, directed to Australia, New Zealand and the Far East, begins at 4.25 p.m., and closes down at 7.45 p.m. New Zealand time. Transmitters in operation are: GSB (31.55 m.. 9.51 mc/s.); GSD (25.53 m., 11.75 mc/s); GSI (19.66 m.. 15.26 mcs.); GSP (19.60 m., 15.31 mc/s.). A full news bulletin is given at 5.45 p.m., and a news summary at 7.30 p.m. Additional news bulletins and summaries are broadcast from Daventry during the day. most being receivable in New Zealand. For the convenience of readers who possess shortwave receivers a list of the times and most favourable frequencies for reception follow (New Zealand Standard Time):—

12.45 a.m. (GSF. 19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.). 3.30 a.m. (GSB. 31.55 m.. 951 mc/s.). 5.30 a.m. (GSD. 25.53 m., 11.75 mc/s). 8.20 a.m. (GSC. 31.82 m., 9.58 mc/s.). 9.15 a.m. (GSF. 19.82 m.. 15.14 mc/s.). 12 noon (GSE, 25.28 m.. 11.86 mc/s.). 2.15 p.m. (GSB. 31.55 m.. 9.51 mc/s.). 3.30 p.m. (GSB. 31.55 m., 9.51 mc/s.). 10.15 p.m. (GSF, 19.82 m., 15.14 mc/s.). 11.0 p.m. (GSF, 19.82 m.. 15.14 mc/s.).